This is a page to post pictures, information and links about Mansa Musa and West Africa. If you find something that might be useful for students in our class please post it here. You migth even [[#|earn]] some extra credit in history. Please sign your first name and last initial if needed to whatever your post here. Mr. Chester
It is recorded that Mansa Musa traveled through the cities of Timbuktu and Gao on his way to Mecca, and made them a part of his empire when he returned around 1325. He brought architects from Andalusia, a region in Spain, and Cairo to build his grand palace in Timbuktu and the great Djinguereber Mosque that still stands today. Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_I_of_Mali#Notes -Erin M.
http://www.blackhistorypages.net/pages/mansamusa.php
Fun Fact:
Musa embarked on a large building program, raising mosques and madrasas(scools) in Timbuktu and Gao. In Niani, he built the Hall of Audience, a building communicated by an interior door to the royal palace. It was "an admirable Monument" surmounted by a dome, adorned with arabesques of striking colours. The [[#|windows]] of an upper floor were plated with wood and framed in [[#|silver foil]], those of a lower floor were plated with wood, framed in gold. Like the Great Mosque, a contemporaneous and grandiose structure in Timbuktu, the Hall was built of cut stone.
When Mansa Musa returned from his pilgrimage to Mecca, he earned the coveted title of al-hajj. Also, Mansa Musa fortune was worth about $400 billion.
Sources:
http://stunninginterestingfacts.blogspot.com/2012/11/meet-mansa-musa-i-of-mali-richest-human.html
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/musa-mansa/
-Caitlin M.
Musa I (c. 1280 - c. 1337), commonly referred to as Mansa Musa, was the tenth Mansa, which translates as "King of Kings" or "Emperor", of the Malian Empire. from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_I_of_Mali. -Natalie M.
It is recorded that Mansa Musa traveled through the cities of Timbuktu and Gao on his way to Mecca, and made them a part of his empire when he returned around 1325. He brought architects from Andalusia, a region in Spain, and Cairo to build his grand palace in Timbuktu and the great Djinguereber Mosque that still stands today.
Credit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_I_of_Mali#Notes
-Erin M.
http://www.blackhistorypages.net/pages/mansamusa.php
Fun Fact:
Musa embarked on a large building program, raising mosques and madrasas(scools) in Timbuktu and Gao. In Niani, he built the Hall of Audience, a building communicated by an interior door to the royal palace. It was "an admirable Monument" surmounted by a dome, adorned with arabesques of striking colours. The [[#|windows]] of an upper floor were plated with wood and framed in [[#|silver foil]], those of a lower floor were plated with wood, framed in gold. Like the Great Mosque, a contemporaneous and grandiose structure in Timbuktu, the Hall was built of cut stone.
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-Amal H.
5/6 period
http://www.blackhistorypages.net/pages/mansamusa.php Is a great website for any info on him!
~Maya Treppa :)
- He was the tenth Mansa (King).
- He was named the richest in history.
- Mansa Musa is famous for his Hajj, where he stopped off in Egypt
and gave out so much gold that the Egyptian economy was ruined for years.- His great-great-grandfather founded Mali.
Sources:http://articles.nydailynews.com/
www.wikipedia.com
www.giantbomb.com
www.islamawareness.net
-Marina Sidlow